EP 3261577 A2 20180103 - METHOD OF DETERMINING WEAR ON A DENTAL SCALER TOOL
Title (en)
METHOD OF DETERMINING WEAR ON A DENTAL SCALER TOOL
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER ABNUTZUNG EINES ZAHNSTEINENTFERNUNGSINSTRUMENTS
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTERMINATION DE L'USURE SUR UN OUTIL DE DÉTARTRAGE DENTAIRE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201562120488 P 20150225
- US 2016019449 W 20160225
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2016247270A1] A method in which a digital picture of the tip of a dental scaler tool and other uniquely identifying characteristics is used to measure the extent of wear on the tool. Unique characteristics of the dental scaler tool, such as color and shape of the grip, narrow a set of reference images to a subset of likely matching tip reference images. A digital contour of the worn tip is isolated. Characteristics of the physical shape of each available tips have been stored in a digital library of reference images. The same tip shape characteristics are developed for the tip contour that were stored for each reference image. The digital profile of the worn tip and a matching, selected reference image of the tip from a library of digitally overlaid. An accurate measurement of the extent of wear of the insert tip is made and displayed.
IPC 8 full level
A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A47G 1/14 (2006.01); A61C 3/03 (2006.01); A61C 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A47G 1/14 (2013.01 - US); A61C 3/00 (2013.01 - US); A61C 17/005 (2013.01 - US); A61C 17/18 (2019.05 - EP US); A61C 17/20 (2013.01 - EP US); A61C 19/04 (2013.01 - EP US); A61G 15/16 (2013.01 - US); G06T 7/001 (2013.01 - US); G06T 7/337 (2017.01 - EP US); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01 - US); G06T 2207/20116 (2013.01 - US); G06T 2207/20228 (2013.01 - US); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01 - US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2016247270 A1 20160825; US 9904996 B2 20180227; CA 2977158 A1 20160901; CA 2977158 C 20230919; EP 3261577 A2 20180103; EP 3261577 B1 20200520; JP 2018506359 A 20180308; JP 2020189119 A 20201126; JP 6835729 B2 20210224; JP 6955066 B2 20211027; WO 2016138196 A2 20160901; WO 2016138196 A3 20161103
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 201615052996 A 20160225; CA 2977158 A 20160225; EP 16716321 A 20160225; JP 2017543814 A 20160225; JP 2020131906 A 20200803; US 2016019449 W 20160225